Using Dental Implants in the Prosthetic Rehabilitation of Patients with Cleft Defect Type II

A dental implant may be used in prosthetic tooth reconstruction in cleft patients. There are three main indications for this approach: substitution of a missing single tooth, an abutment for the framework, and an abutment for a fixed dental prosthesis (we designate these as defect types I, II, and I...

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Published in:The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal 2011-01, Vol.48 (1), p.98-102
Main Authors: Sedlackova, Kristina, Duskova, Marketa, Strnadel, Tomas, Kotova, Magdalena, Haas, Michal
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alveolar Ridge Augmentation
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Cleft Lip - rehabilitation
Cleft Palate - rehabilitation
Deformities
Dental Implantation, Endosseous - methods
Dental Implants
Dental Impression Technique
Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported
Dentistry
Denture, Partial, Fixed
Female
Head and neck surgery. Maxillofacial surgery. Dental surgery. Orthodontics
Humans
Maxillofacial surgery. Dental surgery. Orthodontics
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology
Prostheses
Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects)
Studies
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Therapeutics
Transplants & implants
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Summary:A dental implant may be used in prosthetic tooth reconstruction in cleft patients. There are three main indications for this approach: substitution of a missing single tooth, an abutment for the framework, and an abutment for a fixed dental prosthesis (we designate these as defect types I, II, and III). A clinical report about prosthetic rehabilitation using dental implants instead of a fixed or removable partial prosthesis is presented. A patient with a unilateral cleft defect was treated at the University Hospital in Prague, Czech Republic. Together with a missing lateral incisor, the defect was associated with agenesis of the two upper canines and three second premolars. The treatment was completed by prosthetic dental reconstruction using the framework with a dental implant as an abutment. This approach allowed minimizing the preparation of adjacent teeth to a single tooth functioning as the second abutment. If classical fixed prosthodontics had been performed, the preparation would have involved a larger group of intact teeth with the risk of their viability loss. The procedure had no complications. The outcome was of high quality and brought satisfaction to the patient.
ISSN:1055-6656
1545-1569
DOI:10.1597/08-025